Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Ghosts of the past return to haunt
MEATH… 0-25 WESTMEATH… 4-18 Sometimes knowing too much can come back to kick you in the arse. So often did my late father warn me about the jinx of 1975 that the fear has always there that one day it would come back to haunt as. For those fortunate enough to be too young to…
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Selections for Tramore – Apr. 19th 2026
2.08: NIRISQUE (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 2.43: POLEPATRICK (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.18: DON’T TELL JACK (CHARLIE O’DWYER/ENDA BOLGER) 3.53: KING OF WESTROS – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.28: BINGEWORTHY – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.00: NAS NA RIOGH (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.30: HALSAFARI – EW – (CIAN QUIRKE/JIMMY BARCOE)
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Selections for Curragh – Apr. 19th 2026
1.35: BLIXEN FORCE (DAVID EGAN/ROBSON DE AGUIAR) 1.50: STAG NIGHT (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 2.25: GREAT BARRIER REEF (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.00: ALNAFOOR – EW – (COLIN KEANE/CLAIRE O’CONNELL) 3.35: BESET – EW – DECLAN MCDONOGH/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.10: GLEN AND TONIC – EW – (LUKE MCATEER/DAVID MARNANE) 4.45: MERSI DIAMOND – EW – (BILLY LEE/TOMMY COYLE).…
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Selections for Bellewstown – Apr. 18th 2026
2.05: OLE OLE (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.40: STICKTOTHEPLAN – EW – (PHILIP ENRIGHT/OLIVER MCKIERNAN) 3.15: FIVER FRIDAY (KEITH DONOGHUE/GAVIN CROMWELL) 3.50: BLUE REED – EW – (FINN BRICKLEY (7)/CIAN COLLINS) 4.25: BALLINEARLA GIRL – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/EOIN DOYLE) 5.00: MIDDLETON RARE – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 5.35: GILLANE (EOGHAN FINEGAN (7)/GAVIN CROMWELL)
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From Kobe to Dowman, go with what you see before someone else cops it
On the first Sunday of December in 1997, Dunboyne and Summerhill drew 0-07 apiece in the Meath U-21 FC Final. Typically putrid winter dross wherein the only bit of excitement was yours truly taking exception to Mattie Kerrigan taking exception to one of our lads after their full back Barry Fagan had earned them the…
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Stickmen shaken up ahead of rendezvous with the Rossies
Johnny Greville has made four changes to the Meath Senior hurling team from that which lost out to Kerry in advance of tomorrow’s second round outing against Roscommon in King And Moffatt Dr Hyde Park. The midfield is completely realigned with Kilmessan’s Kyle Donnelly and Sean Colloe from Longwood replacing Joey Cole and Simon Ennis,…
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League champions unchanged
Hardly surprisingly, Robbie Brennan has named an unchanged side from that which defeated Cork in the NFL Div. 2 Final ahead of Sunday’s Leinster SFC opener against Westmeath in Tullamore. That means, though, that there are eight alterations from the team which lost out to Donegal in last year’s All Ireland semi final. However, as…
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Selections for Limerick – Apr. 16th 2026
1.05: FLY AWAY HOME (PHILIP BYRNES/CHARLES BYRNES) 1.35: COLLEEN DANU – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/PAT FOLEY) 2.10: HE CAN’T DANCE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.45: ARCTIC FLAME – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/PAT FOLEY) 3.20: WILD WILD WIND – EW – (HUGH HORGAN (5)/MARK CAHILL) 3.55: UNCLE GERHARD – EW – (AIDAN KELLY (3)/GEAROID O’LOUGHLIN) 4.30: ORLANDO…
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Healy-Rae cute hoor-ism cods nobody but themselves
Earlier this week in the Irish Independent, Fionnan Sheehan – who I would have always counted as ridiculously anti Fianna Fail (at best) recounted a tale which Bertie Ahern told me himself at a wedding many moons ago now. It related to a time when the late, great Jackie Healy-Rae was supporting an FF led…
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Selections for Leopardstown – Apr. 15th 2026
1.22: ERETRIA (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 1.57: ASAKIAR (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 2.32: THATWILDOSO – EW – (RORY CLEARY/KEVIN COLEMAN) 3.07: THE LION IN WINTER (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.42: MIXED FEELINGS (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.17: TEFFIAN WARRIOR – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN/CIARAN MURPHY) 4.52: THRU AND THRU (COLIN KEANE/RORY DEVINE) 5.27: METHGAL – EW – (BEN COEN/PAT…
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